Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-01
DESPERATE OUTLAWS.
The Men Who Stood Oil the Gficers at
EGre ka Belong to Weli-OTgana
izad Band OF Desperadoess
They Are wanted IN s,any Texas Counties
for Murder and 1Sobbsry-A De-
scrlption OF the Leader.
THE SURPRISED PLOTTERS.

Special TO the Gazette.
HOUsTON, TEX, Aug. 5l-Tca pursuit
Of the desper&does who had II III with
officers near Eureka was the principal
theme Of conversation in this city to-day.
At about noon Mr.. Levi HargIsyes, who
lives about twenty miles from this city,
near Yves. helo, came into town and re
ported thst the robbers had taken dinner
st his house Monday about + O'Clock in
The afternoon. He was not at home ct
the time and they Informed his wife that
they were very hungry and were in e big
hurry. Mrs. Hsrgraves gave them some
| thing to eat and she recognized the man
who seemed
TO BE THE LEADER
as the man from whom her husband mad
| bought q mule Two Years ago. The mule
had been stolen and the owner claimed
his property. Mrs. Hargrsyes reminded
the lealer lnat Lle mule had been claimed
IS nnOtheI's property, and be at once
banded her $50 in oils, the smCuut Mr..
| IIsrgraves had paid. III making this
payment the robUars exhibited al en0T-
mouslY large roll of bills, oil Of which
appeared TO be Of big denominations.
Sheriff Ellis returned this afternoon, lsy-
! ipg followed
THE GANG OF OUTLAWS
day and night since Monday. Ne8T Rose
Hill he found four horses which had been
stolen from Cypress. Tie horses rad
| 5een turned iOosg, and the robbers mad
| eyideDtly procured fresh horses. The
! posse lest the trail st B4it'S RE, g
rendezvous Tor cough characters, lOrthaasl
OF Hampstead, ami gave up the pursuit.
! Inc men who compose tdls gang aca G
well equipped aud ell organized band OF
! outlaws, VINO range from the Lousians
lile to the RIO GIande. They arc slI
desperadoes, Gad are wanted Tor all sorts
Of crimes in nearly every county in the
stata. They have the GOODNESS Of des-
peralion and the
BOLDNESS OF OUTLAWS,
snd none q them cOulc DC taken alive
The leader o. the gang is 4 mzn about
I've feet ten inches tall, light hair aud
nustecEG, and weighs about 100 pounds
His maine is Bracket C0rnett, aias H4r
rington, alias Jones, aIjss George Lacy
alias Jemes w. Johnson, alias Ne
Ginty. He is the 5oldest aZd wors'
man in the gang. He has been &n out
ia8 for i've or six yesrs, ana is wanted
il several counties He is wanted il
AtasC0sa county for murder. l. is sail
also that he killed
a WEALTHY STOCKNAN
named Brown, il Kansas, sometime ago
and that Browns relatives have mad.
strenuous Efforts 10 capture him, but t
no avail. About tWO years ego Cornet
stole fifty head Of mules in one Of III
western counties, and Captain Lee Hall
then in charge CT the rangers, falI0we.
Aim to this ccUu.y. Here Captain Ia,
was jCIled by Deputy SLerlf
Ben KegsEs, and together the
pursued the outlaw 10 R9id's prairie
where they lost the trail and had 70 a5an
don the pursuit. The course Wlica III
outlaw took then was identical VITA tn
one he took after h8Ving the skrmisI
with the Cl.icers at Eureka. II Is though
that Cor2ett IS
SLIGHTLY WOUEDED,
Is ne had his hesd bandaged when 4
passed HGrgrayes' house.
Frank HargrsYes is the name of anOthL
OF the gang. He is short eld heeyy-se.
Perkins is the name Of aL0.ael
lie is brother to the Eel
kins thai Sheriff Scot. CT Griats
county killed sometime $50 ia Louistau
while trying TO arrest him. lie ;
described as q slender msn with daY
moustache.
The fourth man is named Baker and h
is { tall slim msa, very heavy moUs.acn
Of light color.
These men alI belong in the west, br
they roam at large over the state sn
are thought to be part Of the gang VII
held UP the Southern Pacific train nea
] FlatoniG last spring l. is thought
they had net been molested by the eff
: GERS that they would have made az a
tempt ct holding up o train, IS the
] were evidently planning something {
this kind. Sheriff Ellis is arX!Ous - fin
the owners Of the horses that these he
rode to this county.